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Sunday, 3 June 2012

A Dress for a Wedding, and MMM finishes with a whimper

My goodness, my Me Made May really tailed off halfway through the month! I stopped taking daily photos, I think because I felt really grumpy that I was wearing the same stuff all the time, and wasn't very excited to share my outfits with the world. I did wear me-made every day except one, when I wanted to wear a nice dress because the weather was so lovely and sunny.

On the plus side, I am getting much better at getting a decent photo without having to take 500 million pictures, AND I feel really motivated to sew. So that's all good.

I do have pictures to share, of the dress I made to wear to a wedding last weekend:

Look how sunny it is! In Scotland! I have included the photo on the left so you can see the man in the kilt, for those of you who might be interested. My outfit details are:

Bodice of Simplicity of 3426 with the skirt of Woman W412 (the Simplicity skirt used more fabric than I had)

Fabric

I used a cotton silk, underlined with white cotton. This gave the dress a really nice weight

How was it to make?

Easy, had to make a few fitting changes on the bodice but it was generally straightforward. I did a lot of it within a day - you can read about that here. It made me feel a little sad that I won't have the opportunity to wear it more often, since it's so pretty and I spent a lot of time on it. But that has made me more determined to make more things I can wear on an everyday basis.

Cost

About £30 including fabric, underlining and pattern(s). Not bad for a beautifully lined dress!

End result?

Very happy, but it would benefit from being worn with a petticoat. I know I have the ability to make one, but am evaluating whether I can be bothered to make one or not. Watch this space!

24 comments:

The bride and groom could not have picked a better weekend for their wedding weather-wise and what a stunning location! Your dress is so pretty and fits right in with the beautiful scenery. I love the early 60s fashions, so elegant with such interesting detail. You've done a great job on this dress...hope you get to wear it loads this summer!

What a gorgeous dress, you look lovely. Hopefully you can think up some 'excuses' to wear it more often! And what a lovely location for a wedding (I have wedding locations on the brain at the moment as I still haven't picked mine!).